Passive robotic models of propulsion by the bodies and caudal fins of fish

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 576-587

  Lauder, George V ^a   Flammang, Brooke ^a   Alben, Silas ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIN (ORGAN); FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING; TAIL; TIME;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FISHES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING; TAIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867830166     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ics096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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